Not exact matches
Just as media controls are being pushed more into the foreground,
persistent notifications —
for example, from Maps, the Google
app, a Wi - Fi hotspot, USB connection or any other process that might be running in the background — are being de-cluttered.
Once you allow that, you'll see a
persistent notification showing that Datally's Data Saver is on, and it's blocking background traffic
for most of your
apps.
With Bar Launcher, just choose your
apps and turn them into a
persistent notification for seamless access just by pulling down.
Before that, a similar kind of attempt was also made by Google in their previous OS where instead of giving access to all the permission to the
apps while installing they reconfigured the system where
apps need to seek
for permission.Moreover, if any
app wants to access the camera, then it'll pop up a
persistent notification which obviously will end up notifying the user about it.
However,
for people who use certain smartwatch pairing
apps, VPN services, password managers, and other
apps that need to run in the background, the
persistent notifications can become extremely frustrating.
Mood also had the option
for a Quick Compose
persistent notification with a user - selected group of contacts so that they can quickly rattle off a quick text without having to go to the full
app, and it is the easiest
app to set custom
notification tones
for contacts in.
Whenever an
app uses a device sensor — such as a microphone or camera,
for example — Android P will notify you with a
persistent notification that it's happening.